"active ingredient" meaning in English

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        "The specific compound in a natural or man-made mixture that is responsible for the mixture's activity."
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        "(pharmacology) The specific compound in a natural or man-made mixture that is responsible for the mixture's activity."
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǒuxiào chéngfèn",
          "sense": "component responsible of activity",
          "word": "有效成分"
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          "word": "aktiv ingrediens"
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          "sense": "component responsible of activity",
          "word": "aktiivinen ainesosa"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "component responsible of activity",
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          "word": "Arzneimittelwirkstoff"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "drastikó systatikó",
          "sense": "component responsible of activity",
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          "word": "δραστικό συστατικό"
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          "sense": "component responsible of activity",
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          "roman": "dejstvujuščeje veščestvo",
          "sense": "component responsible of activity",
          "word": "действующее вещество"
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          "word": "principio activo"
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      "roman": "yǒuxiào chéngfèn",
      "sense": "component responsible of activity",
      "word": "有效成分"
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